WHS senior receives national scholarship award

Kassia Micek

Published 7:00 pm, Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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Willis High School senior Shara Hoffmann, 18, is among the 100 national recipients of the Principal’s Leadership Award Scholarship, co-sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and Herff Jones, Inc. Each state winner will receive a 1,000 college scholarship. less

Willis High School senior Shara Hoffmann, 18, is among the 100 national recipients of the Principal’s Leadership Award Scholarship, co-sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and ... more

WHS senior receives national scholarship award

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WILLIS - A Willis High School student is among 100 seniors to receive a prestigious national scholarship award.

Shara Hoffmann, 18, is one of five state winners of the Principal’s Leadership Award Scholarship, co-sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and Herff Jones Inc. Each state winner will receive a $1,000 college scholarship.

“When I found out I was ecstatic,” she said. “It’s such an honor to receive a scholarship like that.”

Hoffmann, whose parents are Tammy and Fred Hoffmann, plans to use the scholarship toward a business administration degree from Texas A&M University and then work in promotions and advertising management.

Nationwide, 4,000 schools nominated applicants for the award.

“Each state receives at least one winner and larger states receive more than that,” said Wanda Carroll, NASSP Principal’s Leadership Award Scholarship program manager. “The competition is very high. It’s quite an honor to be selected.”

A student is nominated by their high school principal and then must provide a list of activities, community service, leadership roles, work background, grades and SAT or PSAT scores in addition to an essay and recommendation letter from the principal.

In addition to being a state winner, a student may advance to the regional, national semifinalist and national finalist levels before being named the sole national winner, where the scholarship totals $12,000, Carroll said.

At school Hoffmann is the student body president and is active in Student Council, volleyball, swimming, track and FFA. Outside of school, she teaches Sunday School at Covenant Fellowship and coaches the Rivershire Rattlesnakes summer swim team.

To learn more about the Principal’s Leadership Award Scholarship, visit www.principals.org.